The
Junkers Ju 86 was a German monoplane bomber and civilian airliner designed in the early 1930's and introduced into service in 1936. It was used in the Spanish Civil War and in the early part of World War II, but was replaced by more advanced aircraft.

Many of the survivors entered into civilian service as passenger airliners and cargo carriers. Only one intact Ju 86 is known to exist today; in a museum in Sweden.

- one of the group of three, purchased from Junkers, shipped to Arica, then flown to
La Paz

- this aircraft was named (baptized) "General Perez"

FAB
No. 3
8 Nov 1939

- returned by LAB to the Bolivian government for use in the military

- name was changed to "Cap. Monasterios" with the registration number "3"

Accident
8 Mar 1943

Two of the Ju 86 aircraft were on a training flight together. Aircraft No. 1 "Cap. Beltran" piloted by Captain Alberto Alarcon and No. 3 "Cap. Monasterios"
with Captain Sinesio Moreno and Lt. Armando Suarez at the controls. Because of adverse weather conditions, the planes became lost and ran out of gas, forcing them to make emergency landings on the banks of the Rio Chapare north of Cochabamba. No major injuries
were incurred but Captain Moreno drowned trying to cross the river. Aircraft No. 1 was salvaged and returned to military service, but No. 3 could not be saved and was eventually turned over to military officials at the port of Todos Santos for use as spare
parts for the last surviving Ju 86, aircraft No.1 / CB-23 / "Illimani" / "Cap. Beltran".

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"Mariscal Sucre"

A similar Ju 86 operated by Manchukuo Airways

Junkers
Ju 86 Z7 c/n 860240

History:

Built by Junkers JFM in Dessau, Germany
reg. no. ? 1937 ?

LAB
5 Mar 1938

- one of the group
of three aircraft purchased directly from Junkers - see above

- this aircraft was named (baptized) "Mariscal Sucre"

Accident
14 Dec 1938

On a passenger flight from Santa Cruz to Cochabamba, the flight crew experienced engine failure caused by a malfunctioning fuel pump. The resulting forced landing destroyed the aircraft but
left the crew and an unknown number of passengers without serious injuries. The LAB pilot was Hermann Schrot, whose skill under duress saved many lives that day. The wreckage of "Mariscal Sucre" remained where it landed near Jayhuayco, outside of Cochabamba,
until 9 Jan 1943 when it was turned over to the Bolivian government, by LAB, to be used for spare parts.